Paris grows hostile mood against England amid World’s Fair influence
Reports from Paris describe rising anti English sentiment tied to neutrality concerns in Egypt and British mobilization in South Africa. Officials note French watchers in Portsmouth while emphasizing the World’s Fair in Paris as a peace weight and national prestige.
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Paris
England
Paris Illustrated
Cape
South Africa
Egypt
Portsmouth
France
Hague
McCall Deliberates On Scope Of United States Constitution
A Massachusetts congressman on the House Ways and Means Committee has not taken a firm side on whether the Constitution covers all US territory or only the states. The dispute centers on whether “United States” in the Constitution includes territories and whether Congress can apply tariffs or deny rights beyond state boundaries. Critics argue this contractionist view would limit protections and alter tax, jury, and tariff reach.
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McCall
Massachusetts
Ways and Means Committee
House
United States
MccKinley
Alaska
Congress
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Montana Bribery Inquiry Deepens With Witnesses Recanting
The Montana bribery case against Senator Clark moves into a more troubling phase as two witnesses from Montana repudiate their affidavits and say the testimony they were to give on the stand before the committee would be false. The disclosure casts new light on the bribery charges and raises questions about the integrity of the proceedings and the reliability of earlier statements.
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United States
Clark
Montana
Perjury Claims Spur Debate on Senator Election Method
The text argues that two paid affidavits show perjury in a Montana case, but notes Clark's guilt or innocence is not affected. It condemns the corrupt Helena investigation and urges direct democracy, asserting Senate elections by popular vote would prevent such scandals.
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Clark
Montana
United States
Helena
Kentucky Governance Crisis Pleads for Patriotism and Peace
The Goebel death leaves Kentucky with Beckham acting as lieutenant governor and calls for a November special election to decide a governor for the remaining term. The piece urges calm, notes past Connecticut and Maine power struggles, and expresses faith Kentucky will resolve its conflict without harm.
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Goebel
Frankfort
Beckham
Kentucky
Connecticut
Maine
Augusta
Splitting hairs over Filipino liberty and home rule
The piece argues that true freedom is a fact not a theory and warns that Filipinos seek the same liberty as Americans. It predicts inevitable resistance to a refined policy of home rule, fearing eventual subjugation more than accepting theoretical liberty under beneficent rule.
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Philippines
McWhinley
Boston
Observant Citizen Notes On Holidays And Local Items
A reader asks about national holidays noting none exist by federal command and Thanksgiving is only a proclamation. Also: Animal Rescue League meeting in Park Street Church rooms at 2:30 PM tomorrow. Milford NH cadet captain trains girls in marching. Charlestown street name change protests. Springfield Mt Tom park plans progress. Rhode Island legislature may discuss Roger Williams return. Sea Serpent Club patriarch Sam Roads eyed for summer revival. Democratic lawmakers show readiness.
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The
Animal Rescue League
Park Street
City Hall intrigue and county records clash at Plymouth Brockton line
Marblehead residents read of a plan to move county records from Plymouth to Brockton prompting a potential clash on Beacon Hill. Brocktonians push the change as public necessity while Plymouth interests resist. The piece also notes political maneuvering around Mayor Hart and Republican figures, plus profiles Col Cunniff, Lt Gov Bates, and lawyer W N Osgood with social and political duties and events.
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Plymouth
Brockton
Beacon Hill
Sands
Republican City Committee
T Am
Hart
City Hall
West End
Spot of Sanctioned Love Melts as They Fall Through Ice
A Chicago Times-Herald note sketches a moment of romance where a man declares a beloved spot sacred to him. Their exchange ends abruptly as the couple slips through the ice, turning a tender scene into a comic mishap.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Men of Many Callings in News Highlights
The Cape Times notes Cecil Rhodes will present bronze medals to soldiers who helped relieve Kimberley. Jean de Reszke builds a private theatre annex for musicales in Paris. The Prince of Wales plans to christen a new dock. Hull and Barnsley Railway proposes a Hull project. Mayor Carter Harrison keeps up music. Andrew Lang may lecture in America next spring, still undecided. Senator Cockrell helps prepare documents in the Senate folding room. Lord Methuen receives a medal from the Emperor for gallant action in Berlin.
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Cape Times
Cecil Rhodes
Kimberley
Jean de Reszke
Paris
Prince of Wales
Northeastern, Hull & Barnsley Railway Company
Hull
Eng
Carter II
Harrison
Chicago
London
Andrew Lang
America
Lang
Senator Cockrell
Missouri
Senate
Lord Methuen
Havin
Berlin
Editors' Spectacles and Public Sentiments Across Papers
A compilation of sharp quips from various newspapers criticizing state policy and public figures. Items reference lunacy prevention by convicts, land for potato patches, kindness in Pa Faxon, gas pricing in Haverhill and Boston, poll tax repeal, and Governor Roosevelt facing Erie Canal expansion debates affecting New York commerce.
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New York Tribune
WW. H. Faxon
Quincy
Pa H. Faxon
Milford
Haverhill
State House
Boston
Weymouth Gazette
Massachusetts
Haverhill Gazette
Roosevelt
Erie Canal
New York City
New York
Berkshire Fingle
Breakfast and Dinner Menu Highlights from Mrs Currier
Daily table hints list breakfast items such as fruit rolled oats sugar and cream beef tenderloin baked potatoes and coffee then dinner features chicken soup roast pork sweet potatoes onions squash and more. A note says baked tomatoes taste better baked than stewed and crumbs of buttered bread should be sprinkled on top near the end. Mrs Josephine Currier of Cedar Street Roxbury signs the menu.
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Josephine Currier
Cedar Street
Roxbury
Engaged Lovers Bring Together Two Society Families
Frank Walton, a rising artist, returns from a vacation and announces his engagement to Mabel Trueman. Eustace Stacy, a mercantile head who had mocked marriage, falls for Hester Broadhurst at a society gathering. A double wedding follows as both couples unite in happiness.
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Frank
Mr. Stacy
Frank Walton
Bkustace
the Cedars
Stacy
Mabel Trueman
Mabel
Eustace
Eustace Stacy
Wfe
Mrs. Broadhurst
Cupid
Broadurst
Miss Broadhurst
Walton
Hustace
Hester Broadhurst
Tustace Stacy
Hester Bromhhurst
Why the Sunday Post Sold
The Sunday Post sold out amid a run of exclusive features and news. Notable items included Boston City Hall scandal coverage, a life story of Adelaide Sullivan, Bryan's New England tour, plans by Harvard professors on an undiscovered world, and architect Cregier suing Boston and Massachusetts.
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Sunday Post
Post
Boston
Adelaide Sullivan
Millionaire
Bryan
New England
The
Harvard
Architect Cregier
State of
Massachusetts
Westminster
Copley Square
Marcus Daly
Quaint Epitaphs From Obituary Snippet
A fragment from New York City and Wyoming County epitaphs notes death after a brief illness. It mentions Sarah Thomas died after a health decline with times for departure and heaven cited and reflects on nursing and recovery.
Public views on Socialism and local reform
Letter to the editor from John H. Rohde of Cambridge dated January 30, 1900 argues for gradual social evolution and municipal ownership. He critiques David Goldstein's piece What Socialists Want and urges peaceful ballot measures and education over sudden upheaval. He supports state control of the Boston and Albany railroad as a first step.
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David Goldstein
Goldstein
Boston & Albany
John H. Rohde
Cambridge
Hypocrisy Alleged in Woman Suffrage Debate at Hearing
A suffrage hearing features a protester who criticizes the so called new woman while her husband backs equal suffrage. The speaker, who opposes a measure, also works outside the home six days a week and urges women to vote briefly, suggesting a conflict between personal roles and political duty.
Quotations and Quips From Various Newspapers
A collage of light jokes and witty exchanges from multiple papers including Philadelphia American Chicago Tribune Puck Tit-Bits New York Weekly Indianapolis Press Washington Star and Chicago Times Herald. It captures social humor and mischief in brief dialogues and quips across topics and ages.
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Philadelphia
Quericus
Cynicus
Puck
New York Weekly
Baldhead
Novel church advertising in Boston area by Roxbury Universalist leader
Rev. Dr F W Hamilton of First Universalist Church Roxbury enlists bus cars to display a church card. The ad promotes the church with a plan to boost awareness and attract visitors, stating Sunday services at 10 30 and 7 30 and emphasizing active, legitimate advertising as a modern church strategy.
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DR. Hamilton
Roxbury
F. W. Hamilton
First Universalist Church
Boston Elevated Company
Humboldt Avenue
Warren Street
Roxbury Universalist Church
Guildrow
Buena Vista Street
Hamilton
Tufts College
Tufts Divinity School
Associated Charities of Boston
Portland
Pawtucket
R. I
Post
Alger to write book on his Spanish American War experiences
General Russell A. Alger announced in New York that he will author a book detailing his personal and official experiences in the Spanish American War. He said Victor Mason will help gather material and then devote himself to the project for about a year. Alger called Colonel Bryan's Anglo-Boer War remarks un-American and unpatriotic.
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New York
Russell A. Alger
Waldorf-Astoria
Victor Mason
Root
General Alger
Bryan
Alger
Natal
England
Cuba
United States
Spain
Some Boer Terms Explained
A compact glossary of Boer terms including Afrikander and burgher ranks, commando and laager meanings, and everyday words for places, foods, and tools such as dop for brandy dorp for village drift for a ford and trek for ox wagon travel. It defines terms like fonte in spring kopje hillock kraal cattle pound veldt prairie and many others with brief translations.
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Afrikander
South Africa
Iments Berg
Biltong
Fontein
Klip
Kloof
Kopje
Krantz
UiMander
Trangsevaal
Voorlooper
Zarp
London to spend 17 million on new water supply
Various rough notes report London plans a £17,000,000 water system. Other items note height, church events, Mediterranean facts, Cairo to pyramids drive time, Norwich offices, docks, a Buffalo auto factory using Niagara power, and a physician praising stair climbing for health.
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London
Mediterranean
Cairo
Pyramids
Norwich
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
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Mt. Tom Reservation
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Rhode Island
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Marblehead
Sea Serpent Club
City Tall
Irke Ff
Cunniff
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Bates
William N. Osgood
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Brooks
Orange
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Dom Paul
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Spectacles
Cupid’s
Joan Cassidy
Wellesey Hilla, Mass
WHY the Sunday Post
Sarah Thomas
Wyoming County
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Thaea
Susan Darling Safford
A. J. Ochs & CO
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